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F. H. JURY I WINDOW. No. 424,306. Patented Mar. 25, 1890..

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FREDERICK HERMANN JURY, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,306, dated March25, 1890.

7 Application filed April 2, 1889. Renewed March 5, 1890- Serial No.342,804; (No model.)

- others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make'and usethesame.

My invention relates to an lmprovement in .windows, and moreparticularly to carriage and car windows.

Prior to my present invention various contrivances have been devised forpreventing the sticking of windows and to provide the windows withdevices whereby they may be easily manipulated; but such prior devices,so far as I am aware, have not performed the result for which they wereintended to the desired extent.

Car and carriage windows are frequently mounted to slide loosely, and ithas also been the aim of prior constructions to prevent such windowsfrom rattling. It has been proposed to provide springs between the sashand pillar-molding; but such construction is objectionable, because,first, the Spring is apt to wear the paint on the pillar-lnoldin g andin all probability wear a groove therein, and, second, the sash is notpermitted to move with sufficient case. In other cases a spring carryinga metal roller has been secured to the upper or lower corner of the sashand adapted to bear on the window-frame in a line parallel with thehorizontal axis of the window-sash. Such construction might prevent thevibration of the window-sash in line with its horizontal axis orsidewise, but will not effectually prevent the vibration of the sash atright angles to its horizontal or longitudinal axis.

It is the object of my present invention to obviate the numerousobjections of prior constructions and to so construct a windowsash thatrattling thereof shall be prevented.

A further object is to provide a Windowsash with devices whereby thesash shall have free vertical movement.

A further object is to provide a window sash with a series ofanti-friction rollers and to so arrange the same that the sash itselfwill be prevented from coming into direct contact with the windowframeor pillar molding on either face or bottom.

A further object is to so construct and arrange the devices that thenails or similar devices usually placed in the Window-sill for thereception of the sash will be dispensed with;

A further object is to provide window-sash attachments which shall besimple in construction, effective in operation, and by means of whichthe manipulation of the sash is rendered easy.

l/Vith these objects in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and peculiar combinations and arrangements ofparts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a portion of awindow-sash having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. .2 is an edgeview of a sash having my improved devices affixed thereto. Fig. 3 is aview of the blank for forming the box which contains the springsustainedarm, said arm being shown in position. Figs. 4 and 5 are views ofmodifications.

Arepresents a window-sash having a recess a in each upper corner for thereception of boxes B, which latter are secured in place by means ofscrews or otherwise. Each box is made from a sheet-metal blank, as shownin Fig. 3, having spacing blocks or collars I) inserted between the sidewalls thereof near each end, by means of which the sides ofthe box aremaintained in proper position. The side walls of the box are providedwith perforations for the reception of screws, which pass through thecollars b and into the sash to secure the device thereto. An arbor c isfixed in the box B near the lower end thereof and serves as the fulcrumfor an arm or lever 0a The arm or lever 0 preferably comprises two sideplates (I, held together by pins 6 6 6 which pass from one to the other.Near its lower extremity the plates d are provided with perforations forthe reception of the arbor or A spring D is loosely coiled at its cen-.ter about the pin e, bearing at one end against the rear wall-of thebox and at the other end against the pin 6. The spring forces the freeend of the arm 0 outwardly, as shown inthe drawings, such outwardprojection of the arm being limited by two small proj ectionsf, whichproject inwardly from the side walls of the box, and which may bereadily produced by indenting the material of which the box is made witha suitable tool. Mounted on the pin or arbor 6 at the free end of thearm 0, is a roller E. This roller is preferably made with a centralmetallic portion and a rim g of rubber, the under face of said rim,where it rests on the body of the roller, being made with a fiatbearing-face, while the exposed side of the strip is preferably madeconvex.

It will be seen that when the sash is in position .in the frame theroller E will bear upon the pillar-molding of the frame with a pressureequal to the force of the spring D, and that when the sash is raised orlowered the contact of the rubber rim of the roller with thepillar-molding will not mar the same. An elongated slot F is made nearthe-lower end of the rear face of the box B for the accommodation of arubber-rimmed roller E, which projects through the slot and bears on thepillar-molding opposite the portion on Which the roller E bears. Theroller E is mounted and adapt-ed to rotate on the arbor c, on which thearm 0 is mounted, Thus itwill be seen that the rollers E E are mountedto rotate at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the sash, and thatas the roller E bears against the pillarmolding with a pressure equal tothe force of the spring D, the roller E is made to bear against theopposite portion of the pillar-molding, and vibration or rattling of thesash is effectually prevented. A recess h is made in the lower corner ofeach upright of the sash, over which projects a plate 71', secured atits upper end to the sash and provided at its lower end with aperforation. A pin or arbor 71.2 passes across the recess h, being heldat one end by a plate h and at the other end by the sash upright. Aroller 6, preferably having its periphery covered with rubber, ismounted upon the shaft or arbor 7L2, and is of sufficient size to permitits periphery to protrude beyond both side faces and bottom edge of thesash upright, so that when the frame is moving up or down the lower endthereof will not come into direct contact with the window-frame, and sothat when the sash is in its lowermost position it will rest upon therollers i.

In another form of my invention each box B is made from a sheet-metalblank, as shown in Fig. 4, having small blocks Z) b inserted. betweenthe side walls thereof, which blocks producethe ends of the box andmaintain the side walls in proper position. The lower block b isprovided on its upper ends with V-shaped notch c, and slightly abovethis notch the side walls of box B are provided with alignedperforations for the reception of a pivot-pin c Mounted on the pin 0 isan arm 0', the square corner at the lower 'end of which is adapted topass into the notch c, and thus permit said arm to be turned on itspivot. The arm 0' is preferably made in a single piece of sheet metalbent in the form of an oblong box open at one edge and cut away at itstop to produce cars 01. A roller E is pivoted between the ears d andadapted to bear against a portion of the pillar-molding of thewindow-frame, being maintained in firm contact with said molding bymeans of a spring E This spring is preferably made of a single piece ofsteel wire coiled at its center loosely around the pivotpin 0 one of itsfree ends bearing on the boX B, and its other end bearing on the arm 0'.The box B is furnished near its upper end with an elongated slot 0 forthe accommoda tion of a portion of the periphery of a roller f,journaled in the side walls of the box.

In another form of my invention (shown in Fig. 5) the blocks 1) I)? aredispensed with and an ear j projects at the upper end of the box, bywhich to secure the device to the sash- As shown in Fig. 5, the lowerend of the arm 0 may be rounded, and a spring secured at one end to saidarm, its other end being coiled upon and secured to the pivotp111 oHaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-= 1. The combination, with a window-sash,of a box having a slot near one end, a roller mounted in the box andadapted to project through said slot, a spring-sustained arm pivoted inthe box and projecting from the opposite edge thereof, and a rollermounted in the free end of said arm, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a window-sash, of a box secured thereto, aspring-sustained arm pivoted in said box, a roller journaled in the freeend of said arm, and a roller journaled in each lower corner of thesash, the peripheries of said rollers protruding beyond both side facesand bottom edge of the sash, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a window-sash, of a box secured in each uppercorner thereof, an arm pivoted in each box, a roller carried by saidarms, and a spring coiled about the pivot-pins of each arm, said springshearing at one end against the arms and at the other end against theboxes, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a window-sash, of a box secured in each uppercorner thereof,

an arm pivoted in each box, each of said arms being made of a singlepiece of sheet metal, rollers carried by said arms, and springs formaintaining said arms in a normal-outward posit-ion, substantially asset forth.

5. The combination, with a sash, of a box,

a pin secured thereto, a roller mounted on specification in the presenceof two subscribsaid pin, and a spring-actuated arm also Witnesses.mounted on said pin and carrying a roller at 7 its free end, both ofsaid rollers adapted to HERMANN JURY 5 bear on the pi1lar-mo1ding,substantially as Witnesses:

set forth. WM. CALDWELL, In testimony whereof I have signed this JOHN C,MARTIN.

